Allegations: Randy Phillips

Nevin Shapiro said this photo was taken in his
VIP section on the night of Oct. 31, 2008, during a Halloween party at
Cameo Theatre in Miami Beach. From left to right are Eric Moncur,
Shapiro, Gavin Hardin and Randy Phillips.

Randy Phillips was one of dozens of Hurricanes players named by
Nevin Shapiro in recorded interviews with federal agents. During those
interviews, the booster admitted supplying benefits to an array
of Miami players from 2002 to 2010. Shapiro alleges he provided multiple
extra benefits to Phillips during the player’s career with the
Hurricanes. Among the benefits he claimed to have provided:

Randy Phillips

Position: Safety

Rivals recruiting rank: Ranked as the No. 7 safety in the Class of 2005.

College career:
A versatile player who moved from cornerback to safety as a junior,
Phillips locked down a starting position as a senior and became one of
the Hurricanes’ steadiest contributors. After his senior season, he was
signed by the Detroit Lions as an undrafted free agent. He is currently a backup for the Lions.

• A dinner at Japanese steakhouse Benihana and strip club visit to
The Cheetah in 2008, in which Shapiro paid for drinks and private
entertainment in a VIP area for Phillips and multiple Hurricanes
players.

• Drinks and VIP access in nightclubs on multiple occasions. On one
such night, Shapiro said he was accompanied by Phillips, Eric Moncur
and Gavin Hardin to a Halloween party at Miami Beach’s Cameo Theatre.
Shapiro said he attended the party dressed as the character “Brad
‘B-Rad’ Gluckman” from the movie “Malibu’s Most Wanted.” The booster
said
Phillips, Moncur and Hardin were dressed as the bodyguard characters
from the movie, and that the foursome racked up a bill “in the
thousands” on drinks in their VIP area.

• Lunches and dinners at Miami Beach’s Prime 112, Grazie and other
area eateries on multiple occasions. Shapiro said one such meal was a
lunch at Smith & Wollensky in Miami Beach on March 30, 2008,
totaling $532. Shapiro said Phillips attended the lunch, along with
prospect Bryce Brown – who was being recruited heavily by the
Hurricanes at the time – Brown’s older brother Arthur Brown, Brown’s
parents and Brown family adviser Brian Butler.

• Shopping trips to Target and Toys R Us, where Shapiro bought items
for Phillips and gifts for the player’s son. Shapiro said one such trip
took place in October 2009, when the booster said he rung up a
$1,500 bill at Target purchasing items for himself, Phillips and the
player’s son. Shapiro said about half of the charges were purchases for
Phillips and the player’s son.

• Cash gifts on multiple occasions.

• Shapiro also alleged he used his influence with the Miami Beach
police department to keep Phillips from getting arrested for driving
with a suspended license.

• Pool tournaments for cash at Shapiro’s home.

Nevin Shapiro said this photo of Randy Phillips
was taken in the booster’s VIP section on the night of Oct. 31, 2008,
during a Halloween party at Cameo Theatre in Miami Beach.

Corroborating accounts

• One source corroborated Phillips and other Miami players receiving
a dinner at Benihana and a strip club visit to The Cheetah in 2008
which was paid for by Shapiro.

• One source corroborated Shapiro providing Phillips with drinks and VIP access in nightclubs on several occasions.

• Yahoo! Sports acquired a copy of statements from Shapiro’s
American Express black card showing a $2,000 charge from Cameo Theatre
on Nov. 1, 2008. The charges were carried over from the night of Oct.
31.

• Yahoo! Sports acquired a photo of Shapiro with Phillips, Hardin
and Moncur which the booster said was taken at Cameo, showing the four
men dressed in their costumes. A second photo acquired by Yahoo! Sports
also shows Phillips dancing with a woman that same night, in what
Shapiro says is the booster’s VIP section.

• Yahoo! Sports also acquired multiple photos from October 2008 of
Shapiro in his VIP section at Miami Beach’s Dolce Ultra Lounge.
Phillips appears in two of the photos sitting in what Shapiro says is
his VIP section. Robert Marve also appears in a handful of the photos,
as well as basketball assistant coaches Jake Morton and Jorge Fernandez.

• Yahoo! Sports acquired the October 2009 statement of Shapiro’s Discover card, which lists a $1,572.15 charge at Target.

• Yahoo! Sports acquired Shapiro’s September 2008 American Express black card and American Express Platinum card statements showing three charges totaling $2,114.18 from Sept. 13 to Sept. 15 at Lucky Strike Lanes. This is where the booster held his “bowling for dollars” events.

• Yahoo! Sports acquired Shapiro’s August 2006 American Express Platinum card and February 2007 American Express black card statements showing charges of $926.50 and $1,099.32, respectively, for Grazie dinners Shapiro said were attended by Phillips and multiple players.

• Drinks and VIP access at nightclubs on multiple occasions. One such night included an October 2008 night after a home loss to Florida State, in which the booster took Marve and others to Cameo Theater.

In Shapiro’s words

• “Randy Phillips was like a son to me – not even a little brother.
I took him under my wing when he first came to the school. There was
something about him that I liked as a player. He was taking Antrel
Rolle’s number, which was six. They played the same position and I
wanted him to do well. His first night out with me, I took him to a
club. It was just him and I and my security guards. I ordered about
five bottles of champagne. I inevitably left, told my security guys to
make sure he got home all right and I left. After that, I was very
close to Randy for years.”

• “He was actually the queen bee who introduced me to everybody of
this most recent crop while he’s been there for those five years. I
actually gave Randy a key to my house – a controller to open the garage
and come into my house. I’ve given him cash a number of times. He had
been pulled over by the Miami Beach police on two different occasions.
I called in a favor immediately and he was not arrested, because he had
a suspended driver’s license. He went to dinner with me, lunch with me
[and] was really part of my family.”

Nevin Shapiro said this photo was taken in his
VIP section at Miami Beach’s Dolce Ultra Lounge in October 2008.
Randy Phillips can be seen standing to the left in the yellow shirt.

Nevin Shapiro said this photo was taken in his
VIP section at Miami Beach’s Dolce Ultra Lounge in October 2008.
Along the left margin, Randy Phillips is seated in a yellow shirt.
Shapiro, whose attire can be identified in other pictures from that
night, is seated next to Phillips in blue.

Photos special to Yahoo! Sports

Nevin Shapiro’s cell phone providers condensed his calling records from
2002 to 2008 and deleted the booster’s text messaging records prior to
2009. Despite a significant portion of his records being expunged,
Yahoo! Sports was able to identify 163 calls or texts between Shapiro
and Randy Phillips from January 2010 to the booster’s incarceration in
April 2010 . This is a page showing communication between the booster
and a phone number linked to Phillips. PDF file

Shapiro’s March 2008 statement from his American Express
black card shows a trio of charges totaling $1,642.19 which the
booster says are linked to multiple NCAA violations. Shapiro
said he broke rules by paying for hotel rooms for the family of
then-Miami linebacker Arthur Brown, one-time Hurricanes recruit Bryce
Brown, and Brown family adviser Brian Butler. Shapiro said he also paid
for a $532 lunch at Miami Beach’s Smith & Wollensky which was
attended by Arthur, Bryce, the parents of the Brown brothers, Butler
and Miami player Randy Phillips. PDF file

This page from Shapiro’s October 2008 American Express
black card statement shows a $2,000 charge to Miami Beach nightclub
Cameo Theatre, for alcohol the booster charged in his VIP
section with Hurricanes players Randy Phillips, Gavin Hardin and Eric
Moncur. It matches up with a Halloween party Shapiro said he attended
with the three players. Yahoo! Sports also has a photo taken that night
of Shapiro with the three players. PDF file

This page from Shapiro’s August 2006 American Express Platinum card
statement shows a charge of $926.50 that the booster identified
as a preseason dinner at Miami Beach eatery Grazie. Shapiro said he
attended the dinner and paid for the meals of seven players: Randy
Phillips, Calais Campbell, Bryan Pata, Eric Moncur, Courtney Harris,
Anthony Reddick and Reggie Youngblood. An employee from Grazie declined
to give specific accounts of meals but confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that
Shapiro regularly brought Hurricanes players into the eatery to dine. PDF file

This page from Shapiro’s October 2008 American Express
Platinum card statement shows a charge of $1,610.51 which the booster
identified as a tab for alcohol in his VIP section at Cameo following
Miami’s home loss to Florida State that season. Shapiro said he
entertained at least five players in his section that night, including
Robert Marve, Randy Phillips, Jacory Harris, Dedrick Epps and Gavin
Hardin. PDF file

These pages from Shapiro’s September 2008 American
Express black card and American Express Platinum card statements show three charges
totaling $2,114.18 from Sept. 13 to Sept. 15, for a series of “bowling
for dollars” events with Miami football players at the upscale Lucky
Strike Lanes. The tab covered drinks, food and bowling, and the charges
on Sept. 15 were for a bill spanning the evening of the 14th and the
early morning of the 15th. Shapiro said he held the tournaments, which
paid cash to winning teams, in the off week between road games against
Florida and Texas A&M. He said multiple players were in attendance,
including Marcus Forston, Sean Spence, Aldarius Johnson, Randy
Phillips, Travis Benjamin and JoJo Nicolas. PDF file

This page from Shapiro’s February 2007 American Express black
card statement shows a charge of $1,099.32 that the booster
identified as a postseason dinner at Miami Beach eatery Grazie. Shapiro
said he attended the dinner and paid for the meals of at least five
players: Randy Phillips, Calais Campbell, Courtney Harris, Anthony
Reddick and Orlando Franklin (who was a redshirting freshman at the
time). An employee from Grazie declined to give specific accounts of
meals but confirmed to Yahoo! Sports that Shapiro regularly brought
Hurricanes players into the eatery to dine. PDF file